blunder
Use Blunder in a sentence
dər noun
1.
a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
verb (used without object)
2.
to move or act blindly, stupidly, or without direction or steady guidance: Without my glasses I blundered into the wrong room.
3.
to make a gross or stupid mistake, especially through carelessness or mental confusion: Just pray that he doesn't blunder again and get the names wrong.
verb (used with object)
4.
to bungle; botch: Several of the accounts were blundered by that new assistant.
5.
to utter thoughtlessly; blurt out: He blundered his surprise at their winning the award.
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blunder (ˈblʌndə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a stupid or clumsy mistake |
| 2. | a foolish tactless remark |
| —vb (often foll by about, into, | |
| 3. | to make stupid or clumsy mistakes |
| 4. | to make foolish tactless remarks |
| 5. | to act clumsily; stumble: he blundered into a situation he knew nothing about |
| 6. | (tr) to mismanage; botch |
| [C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse blunda to close one's eyes, Norwegian dialect blundra; see | |
| 'blunderer | |
| —n | |
| 'blundering | |
| —n, —adj | |
| 'blunderingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
blunder
mid-14c., "to stumble around blindly," from O.N. blundra "shut one's eyes," from PIE base *bhlendh- (see blind). Meaning "make a stupid mistake" is first recorded 1711.
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Example sentences
Neuroscientists have a frozen mistake of their own, and it is a spectacular blunder.
He looks around, hoping no one else has realized his blunder.
He then makes a huge logical blunder in imagining that affect and complexity are binary opposites, mutually exclusive.
You can argue that it was an accident, that it wasn't policy, that it was a well-meaning blunder.
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